I'm back here again today, and I'm excited to share with you my latest project: installing Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow on my Raspberry Pi 3. This build was provided by geektillet, and I've got the link to his website in the description below if you'd like to check it out.

The process of setting up this new OS was a bit more complicated than I expected, but with some help from the community, we were able to get it working. The problem with this build is that it's an older version of Android, specifically 5.0.1, and it only worked because it was compatible with Marshmallow. To overcome this limitation, I had to rely on the system folder from a Marshmallow-powered phone, which I uploaded to Dropbox for everyone to access.

Unfortunately, the Google Play Store is still not working as expected, which is why you won't see many apps here. However, I did manage to download the Netflix app for Android TV, which works surprisingly well. I'm also planning to create a tutorial on how to install Google Play within this build, but it requires using ADB to transfer the system folder that I created.

I took a few minutes to test out some of the apps and games available in the store. The first one I tried was YouTube, which played with some stuttering issues. However, after installing Cody, another popular video player, things improved significantly. Unfortunately, even with Cody, the buffer is still quite poor, especially when playing 1080p videos.

I also tried to play some games, including Angry Birds and Crossy Road, but they wouldn't launch properly. However, it seems that Crossy Road is working well, and I was able to enjoy a few minutes of gameplay without any major issues. The last game I tested was Minecraft Pocket Edition, which seemed to be running smoothly with my Xbox 360 controller connected via USB cable.

One thing to note is that this build only works on the Raspberry Pi 3, not on the Pi Zero or other models. Additionally, even with the new driver, there are still some GPU issues, but they seem to be less severe than in previous builds.

In conclusion, I'm excited about this new Android build for Raspberry Pi 3, and I think it has a lot of potential. As always, head over to geektillet's website to get the image, install it on your SD card, and try it out for yourself. Keep an eye out for more videos on emulation, as well as tutorials on how to install Google Play and load other apps.

If you'd like to help me improve this build, I'm always looking for feedback and suggestions from the community. Don't forget to hit that like button and subscribe to my channel, and feel free to share this article with anyone who might be interested in Android on the Raspberry Pi. Thanks for watching!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on guys this ETA Prime back here again today I'm back with the Raspberry Pi 3 running a newer version of Android 6.0.1 marshmallow this was provided by geek tillet Hur so you can go over to his website and check it out link is in the description it's got a download link for you guys this build supposedly has a CP and GPU fix now I did a couple extra things I was able to install Google Play now the problem with this is this is an older version of gaps this gaps actually came from a Android 5.0.1 build we're on Android marshmallow right now this was the only way I was able to get it to work so I need help from you guys if any of you watching have a marshmallow powered phone if you could pull your system folder uploaded to Dropbox and let me get a link to it I'm going to see if I can get it to work now I tried everything this was the only one that I was able to do and it was the only one that worked you might notice this is very limited right now I believe what's happening is the Google Play Store is detecting this as an Android TV why you don't see too many apps here uh if I search Netflix it doesn't show up but I do have Netflix for Android TV that was the one I was able to download and it's pretty cool because um there are a lot of apps here I don't have time to test them all but I'm going to make a tutorial on how to install gaps within this build you're going to need to know how to use ADB I will upload the system folder that I created to a Dropbox and you just transfer it over using ADB and you should have Google Play Google services install I'm going to back out of here and I just want to do a few quick tests I want to check out the video playback on YouTube now like I said the only one I was able to download from the store was the Google TV YouTube app I am going to load up Big Buck Bunny now this is probably 1080p we'll just see how it plays and we definitely have a lot of stuttering that's disappointing was really hoping this would work pretty good but it looks like it will not now I did test another video and it did about the same thing at 720p we'll let this play for just a second longer yeah lots of stuttering here I'll replay this and try to skip a little into the movie I'm not sure how well this is going to work no it's definitely it's definitely not very smooth oh well let's check Cody playback so was able to install Cody from the Google Play Store and I have that same movie Big Buck Bunny on my internal storage and we're going to go ahead and see how it works within here the video file that I have is 1080p at 60fps let's skip in here and get it playing we'll just skip to the middle so it's definitely not running at 60 FPS it may be a lot better at 720p but this is the only video file I have on the internal storage and the buffer is horrible so Cody playback is pretty horrible right now well that sucks let's see if we can get any games to run so I did try Angry Birds too it would not launch smashy Road does not launch let's try crossy Road all right so this is working oh smacked by a car let's see if I can make it any further this is a good sign that this game's working I know this is a lowend game runs on a lot of phones oh right in the side of it that's it it works pretty well actually now even with the mouse it's not too bad to play last game I'm going to test is Minecraft Pocket Edition I do have my Xbox 360 controller connected with a USB cable and it seems to be navigating the menus let's see if we can play the game with the controller oh yeah still have GPU issues it's a lot better than it was it was blue on the last build if you can get over that the frame rate seems pretty nice at least it's running and it's running at a really good frame rate um you know for having a hacked GPU driver right now it's definitely playable let's get out of here so this was just a quick look at the new Android build for Raspberry Pi 3 this only works with the Raspberry Pi 3 it will not work with the one or two I'll go into settings and just show you guys about tablet Android TV on Raspberry Pi 3 so they're still using the Android TV build build number raspy 3 English 6.0.1 master so later on today I'm going to be uploading a tutorial on how to install this and also how to load Google Play on here it's not as simple as installing the Google Play apk you need to use ADB to transfer the system folder that I created to the Raspberry Pi I will also be creating a few videos on emulation now I have mopin 64 and SNES 9x I have not tried them yet I will be making videos on that hopefully we can get some decent emulation out of this new driver that's it for now guys head on over to geek till it hurts get this image install it to your SD card and try it out keep a lookout for more videos on this if you could hit that like button and subscribe also share this cuz there's a lot of people who want Android on the Raspberry Pi like always thanks for watching\n"